Extending a class with an other namespace with the same ClassName

Question

I'm trying to use namespaces. I want to extend a class inside a different namespace. The name of the class is the same. Example:

Parent:

namespace Base;  class Section extends Skeleton {  protected $id;  protected $title;  protected $stylesheet; } 

Child:

namespace Base2; use \Base\Section;  class Section      extends \Base\Section {  } 

It is an application which uses Doctrine 2 and Zend Framework. The Skeleton class used by Base/Section is just an abstract class that contains the magic methods (__get, _set, etc).

When I try to instantiate a \Base2\Section class it throws an error:

Fatal error: Cannot declare class Base2\Section because the name is  already in use in /var/www/test/application/Models/Base2/Section.php  on line 7 

Any idea's?

Answer 1

Just use fully qualified name

namespace Base2;  class Section      extends \Base\Section { } 

Or aliasing

namespace Base2; use \Base\Section as BSection;  class Section      extends BSection { } 

Answer 2

when you say

use \Base\Section 

you are pulling the Section class into your current scope, causing a conflict when you want to create a new class called Section. just omit the use statement.